Book with cassette holding recess

Claim 2

In combination, a tape cassette, and a flat, stiff, discrete, hollow, broad-profiled, narrow-edged case which is adapted to stand upright on edge without lateral support, and which has a quadrilateral outline about the profile thereof, and oppositely disposed faces thereon which are spaced apart by substantially the edgewise thickness of the cassette, and which coterminate with one another at the outline of the case and define the edges of the case therebetween, the profile dimensions of the case being adapted so that the case is readily perceivable and graspable in the manner of a book, on and from a shelf, and the cassette being removably inserted in the case adjacent one edge thereof, in a profile portion of the case constituting a minor fraction of the profile area of the case, and there being an opening in the one edge of the case which is in registry with the cassette and adapted so that the cassette can be passed edgewise into and out of the case therethrough, and means disposed in the case about the cassette, which are operative to define a trapezoidally cross-sectioned recess in the case adjacent the opening in the one edge thereof, the non-parallel walls of which recess are formed by a pair of wedge-shaped members which are secured in the case at the recess and yieldably constructed to interengage with the cassette upon the insertion thereof to releasably retain the cassette in the case when the opening is downwardly oriented.

Claim 3

The combination according to claim 1 wherein the recess is defined by a plate of partitioning material which is disposed within the case and equipped with the wedge shaped members at the opposing ends of the recess.

Claim 4

In combination, a tape cassette, and a flat, stiff, discrete, hollow, broad-profiled, narrow-edged case which is adapted to stand upright on edge without lateral support, and which has a quadrilateral outline about the profile thereof, and oppositely disposed faces thereon which are spaced apart by substantially the edgewise thickness of the cassette, and which coterminate with one another at the outline of the case and define the edges of the case therebetween, the profile dimensions of the case being adapted so that the case is readily perceivable and graspable in the manner of a book, on and from a shelf, and the cassette being removably inserted in the case adjacent one edge thereof, in a profile portion of the case constituting a minor fraction of the profile area of the case, means fixed in the case about the cassette defining a walled recess, the profile and crosswise dimensions of which substantially correspond to the dimensions of the cassette, there being an opening to the recess in the one edge of the case, which is in registry with the cassette and adapted so that the cassette can be passed edgewise into and out of the case therethrough, and said cassette being openly exposed to the outside of the case through the opening, and means on opposing sides of the recess which are yieldably constructed to releasably engage the cassette upon insertion thereof, and which are so engaged with the cassette to releasably retain the cassette in the recess when the opening is downwardly oriented.

Claim 5

In combination, a tape cassette, and a flat, stiff, discrete, hollow, broad-profiled, narrow-edged case which is adapted to stand upright on edge without lateral support, and which has a quadrilateral outline about the profile thereof, and oppositely disposed faces thereon which are spaced apart by substantially the edgewise thickness of the cassette, and which coterminate with one another at the outline of the case and define the edges of the case therebetween, the profile dimensions of the case being adapted so that the case is readily perceivable and graspable in the manner of a book, on and from a shelf, and the cassette being removably inserted in the case adjacent one edge thereof, in a profile portion of the case constituting a minor fraction of the profile area of the case, means fixed in the case about the cassette defining a walled recess, the profile and crosswise dimensions of which substantially correspond to the dimensions of the cassette, there being an opening to the recess in the one edge of the case, which is in registry with the cassette and adapted so that the cassette can be passed edgewise into and out of the case therethrough, and said cassette being openly exposed to the outside of the case through the opening, and means on opposing sides of the recess which are yieldably constructed to releasably engage the cassette upon insertion thereof, and which are so engaged with the cassette to releasably retain the cassette in the recess when the opening is downwardly oriented.

Claim 6

The combination according to claim 3 wherein one face of the case has a notch therein, adjacent the opening in the one edge of the case.

Claim 7

The combination according to claim 3 wherein the case is constructed from relatively stiff, cardboard-like sheet material forming the outline edges and profile faces of the case.

Claim 8

The combination according to claim 3 wherein the case is closed to the outside thereof at the faces of the case and at the remainder of the edges of the case.

Claim 9

The combination according to claim 3 wherein the walls on the opposing sides of the recess taper toward one another, relatively inwardly of the recess from the opening, and are yieldable in the directions relatively away from one another to releasably engage the cassette upon insertion thereof.